2018 Walleye Derby

There were a record 133 entrants in this year’s Walleye Derby. This was far above our previous best of 107. A total of 40 fish were entered in this 'single biggest fish' event. The lake was a little lumpy Friday night, but settled down nicely overnight for a strong Saturday morning finish.

And the winners are:

1st Brian Somes 1.77 kg $500

2nd Kevin Somes 1.68 kg $250

3rd Alphonse DeBuscherre 1.20 kg $125

4th Brad Hall 1.14 kg $100

5th Justin Weed 1.06 kg $50

6th Larry Doan 1.02 kg $25

7th Lucas DeSousa 0.97 kg $25

8th Wade Thomas 0.96 kg $25

9th Tyler Bailey 0.96 kg $25

10th Clayton Rennie 0.94 kg $25

Brian Somes won an additions $100 for the largest fish entered by a Bluewater Anglers member.

Bev Hand, Mayor of the Village of Point Edward, was present to award the first place $500 cheque to Brian Somes. The Village of Point Edward has sponsored the first place prize for this event for several years. The Bluewater Anglers are very appreciative of the Village of Point Edward’s support.

A total of 8 draw prizes were awarded to participants present at the weigh-in. Thanks to Frank Turnbull for handling this activity while Bob Daley and I were sorting out the winners.

Hot dogs and pop were available to all participants at the weigh-in. Thanks to Ross Bishop and Larry Doan for their culinary expertise.

Special thanks to Duncan Mitchell (Gary’s son) for weighing in all the fish. Any other helpers I missed, my apologies (Gary Mitchell, Gerry Lanteigne, Henry Kock, ?????).